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The Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission has issued a second 30-day suspension to apprentice jockey Axel Concepcion for careless riding,

The stewards found that Concepcion was "extremely careless in failing to control his mount, Backwoods Boogie, leaving the starting gate

Been Robbed Racing’s Star Shopping, a 4-year-old gelding making his 22nd start, got his nose down on the wire to edge Bourbon Ready in Monday’s Memorial Day holiday finale at historic Pimlico Race Course and give trainer Troy Robb his first career win.

When leading Maryland trainer Brittany Russell launched a five-horse public stable in 2018, her first hire was Luis Barajas. Now with over 100 horses, Russell credits Barajas for much of the stable's success.

Angel Cruz won twice on Saturday’s closing day program to tie his protégé, 19-year-old apprentice Jeiron Barbosa, and share Laurel Park’s fall meet riding title, while Brittany Russell capped her historic year by leading the trainer standings for a third time this year.

Now, the 32-year-old Pennsylvania native is poised to take it one step further. She is not only on the verge of securing her third meet championship at Laurel’s calendar-year ending fall stand but becoming the first woman to finish the year as the state’s leading trainer.

The Maryland Jockey Club will offer a total of 14 stakes worth $1.3 million in purses during Laurel Park’s 37-day summer meet

By the time the high-profile Preakness Meet wraps up with Monday’s special Memorial Day holiday program at Pimlico Race Course, there will be significant firsts in both the jockey and trainer standings.

Live racing returns to historic Pimlico Race Course Thursday for the opening of its 12-day Preakness Meet, highlighted by the Preakness

The annual Virginia Breeder’s Awards program has been scheduled at Great Meadow Friday May 6th — the evening before the Virginia Gold Cup Races — in a return to more of a “normal times” format for the first time since 2019. The event will take place in a trackside tent on Member’s Hill overlooking the deep stretch and finish line areas where steeplechase horses are set to compete the next afternoon. A list of awards to be presented that night follows.